:::BANGING all the Pots and Pans I can find this morning!::::: WAKE UP!!! Time for Breakfast you sleepy heads! Get up, get out of bed. You say you're hungover? Ahhhhhhhhhh, too bad! That's what you get for binging. You should know better than to do that! YELLING? You say I'm yelling...your head hurts? Ahhhhhhhhh, what a shame.

The photo hunt theme reminded of the good ol' days...

Okay, so I got that out of my system. When our kids were at the 'teen age' experimentation days and would go out and party hardy for the first time in their lives, you remember those days, don't you?....Well, I'd always be awake until they arrived home safely, but when I'd go off to bed for the last time as they settled in to rest and recoup from having a 'good ol' time'...I reset the alarm clock for 5 AM sharp...no matter IF they came in around 2 a.m. when they were supposed to be home by midnight! I literally made them suffer even more....banging pots and pans as loud and as long as it took to get them crawling out of bed. And then making a few dishes for breakfast that wasn't too appetizing for those 'late night parties'. It was my own version of grounding them. They paid in a way that they remembered the next time...and they showed up home, sober, and alert and not to do it again. Even to this day. Both our kids, Erik now 36 and Irene at 39, bring up the fact that "Mom knew best!" They talk about the first and only 'experience' of drinking too much and ol' mom caught 'em at it.

Oh ya....the theme for the photo hunt this week. Breakfast. I don't do breakfast much on weekdays except for juice and toast [or bagel], and when Sunday rolls around, Bud and I go OUT for breakfast. And I rarely if ever actually take a PHOTO of breakfast...are you kidding me? I'm diving into the food like there's no tomorrow....who takes time to photograph breakfast? Not me. Well, I do have the cowboy breakfast that we attended a couple of weeks ago. Guess I could share that breakfast photo with y'all, again----

It consisted of sausages, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, refried beans, tortillas, coffee and juice. I wrote about it in three parts, here, here, and here. [each link opening in a new window]

~...end Photo Hunt[comment HERE if you'd like to skip the rest of my Saturday blogging]

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Melli, along with other bloggers I have visited in the recent week, had shared a photo of her lighted Christmas tree. And tho, I did post a finished decorated tree photo this week, I kept forgetting to get a photo of the tree all lighted! So, I made a special effort to remember the camera when Bud turned on the lights for the night last night...Here it is, in all its glory. Sometimes I have had all one color lights with a 'color theme', other times I would used multi-colored lighting. Since I was given these santa lights from my sister one year, I've been using them....all the time! And Bud found and bought the Santa Tree top --animated! These lights and tree top have become a traditional flair for about a decade now. Does that surprise you?

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What a wonderful way to cure Erik and Irene from their experiments. I did some of those same things to Michelle. If I knew she'd been drinking the night before, it was up bright and early and no putting it off. Odd, she seldom drinks now.

I absolutely LOVE your lighted Christmas tree. I have those same Santa lights but only one string. When I bought them the boys were little and they only had one package left. I've never seen them again.

Good morning Anni, When my kids were growing up and going out at night, I could never sleep until they got home.My mom would flash the porch light on and off, if I sat outside in a car with my date too long to suit her!!She was a strong headed woman..

Your Christmas tree is pretty and mine is not done yet!!!I need to finish this week-end.. only 18 days til Christmas..

I am going shopping after I drink my coffee..Have a good day. Hugs, Baba

Even though I'd probably would have hated it I wish you had been my mom. I had a couple of bad nights/mornings but it wasn't until after I moved out. My dad had a drinking problem so you'd think I would know better. I do now. Love your breakfast and christmas tree photos! Congrats on the award you deserve it.

I love your Christmas decor! The cowboy breakfast though--guess I'm more a pancake, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and bacon fan.I had to laugh at your "binge lesson". My two boys went out once, to the same graduation party, and both overindulged. Their first time and their last. Both spent the next day with their heads hung over the porcelain throne. They are grown men now and neither one drinks. Thank the Good Lord.Here's Breakfast!

So funny. I never had to do that with the girls, but Robert (hubby) tells the story about his dad doing something similar. Rob and his brother knew that any time they went out and *partied harty* the next day they were going to have an early morning and long day out at the farm --- if all they were doing was digging ditches. I don't think it broke them of the parting, but it worked off the hangover.

Oh the days of the pots and pans.I recall them very well and I also remember having to hit the floor running and it seemed like there was more chores then usual then.My mother even did to my dad I guess she believed in opportunity when it comes to hang over.